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Claimed Descent from the Prophet

The oldest extant book on the genealogy of the Safavid family is Safvat as-safa and was written by Ibn Bazzaz in 1350, a disciple of Sheikh Sadr-al-Din Safavi, the son of Sheikh Safi ad-din Ardabili. According to Ibn Bazzaz, the Sheikh was a descendant of a Kurdish man named Firooz Shah Zarrin Kolah who was from Sanjar, southeast of Diyarbakir. The male lineage of the Safavid family given by the oldest manuscript of the Safvat as-Safa is: "Sheykh Safi al-Din Abul-Fatah Ishaaq the son of Al-Sheykh Amin al-din Jebrail the son of al-Saaleh Qutb al-Din Abu Bakr the son of Salaah al-Din Rashid the son of Muhammad al-Hafiz al-Kalaam Allah the son of ‘Avaad the son of Birooz al-Kurdi al-Sanjari." Later Safavid Kings themselves claimed to be Seyyeds, which in the Silsilat-ol-nasab-i Safawiya (composed during the reign of Shah Suleiman)(1667–1694), written by Shah Hussab ibn Abdal Zahidi, the ancestry of the Safavid is traced back to the first Shi'i Imam as follows (numbering is from list of the 12 Imams):

• Shaykh Safi al-din Abul Fatah Eshaq ibn (son of) (1252/3–1334) poet, mystic, teacher and Sufi master, the eponymous ancestor of the Safavid dynasty
• Shaykh Amin al-Din Jabrail ibn
• Qutb al-din ibn
• Salih ibn
• Muhammad al-Hafez ibn
• Awad ibn
• Firuz Shah Zarin Kulah ibn
• Majd ibn
• Sharafshah ibn
• Muhammad ibn
• Hasan ibn
• Seyyed Muhammad ibn
• Ibrahim ibn
• SeyyedJa'afar ibn
• Seyyed Muhammad ibn
• Seyyed Isma'il ibn
• Seyyed Muhammad ibn
• Seyyed Ahmad 'Arabi ibn
• Seyyed Qasim ibn
• Seyyed Abul Qasim Hamzah ibn (d.866)
• Musa al-Kazim ibn (7th Imam 12er, 765–799)
• Ja'far As-Sadiq ibn ((6th Iman 12er/Ismā'īlī, 732–765)
• Muhammad al-Baqir ibn 5th Imam 12er/Ismā'īlī, 712–731/733)
• Imam Zayn ul-'Abedin ibn (4th Imam, 680–712)
• Hussein ibn (3rd Imam, 670–680)
• Ali ibn , (Caliph, 656–661, and 1st Imam, 632–661), cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet
• Abi Taleb Alayha as-Salam, uncle of the Prophet

There are differences between this and the oldest manuscript of Safwat as-Safa. Seyyeds have been added from Piruz Shah Zarin Kulah up to the first Shi'i Imam and the nisba "Al-Kurdi" has been excised. The title/name "Abu Bakr" (also the name of the first Caliph and highly regarded by Sunnis) is deleted from Qutb ad-Din's name. ُSource: Husayn ibn Abdāl Zāhidī, 17th cent. Silsilat al-nasab-i Safavīyah, nasabnāmah-'i pādishāhān bā uzmat-i Safavī, ta'līf-i Shaykh Husayn pisar-i Shaykh Abdāl Pīrzādah Zāhidī dar 'ahd-i Shāh-i Sulaymnān-i Safavī. Berlīn, Chāpkhānah-'i Īrānshahr, 1924 (1303). 116 pages.

Original Persian language source of the lineage: شیخ صفی الدین ابو الفتح اسحق ابن شیخ امین الدین جبرائیل بن قطب الدین ابن صالح ابن محمد الحافظ ابن عوض ابن فیروزشاه زرین کلاه ابن محمد ابن شرفشاه ابن محمد ابن حسن ابن سید محمد ابن ابراهیم ابن سید جعفر بن سید محمد ابن سید اسمعیل بن سید محمد بن سید احمد اعرابی بن سید قاسم بن سید ابو القاسم حمزه بن موسی الکاظم ابن جعفر الصادق ابن محمد الباقر ابن امام زین العابدین بن حسین ابن علی ابن ابی طالب علیه السلام

Family Tree

The oldest extant book on the genealogy of the Safavid family is Safvat as-safa and was written by Ibn Bazzaz in 1350, a disciple of Sheikh Sadr-al-Din Safavi, the son of Sheikh Safi ad-din Ardabili. According to Ibn Bazzaz, the Sheikh was a descendant of a Kurdish man named Firooz Shah Zarrin Kolah who was from Sanjar, southeast of Diyarbakir. The male lineage of the Safavid family given by the oldest manuscript of the Safvat as-Safa is: "Sheykh Safi al-Din Abul-Fatah Ishaaq the son of Al-Sheykh Amin al-din Jebrail the son of al-Saaleh Qutb al-Din Abu Bakr the son of Salaah al-Din Rashid the son of Muhammad al-Hafiz al-Kalaam Allah the son of ‘Avaad the son of Birooz al-Kurdi al-Sanjari." Later Safavid Kings themselves claimed to be Seyyeds, family descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

The great-grandson of Sheyk Safi, Sheik Joneyd, got married with Khadijeh Khanoum sister of Uzun Hassan and daughter of Ali Beg by his wife Theodora of Trebizond, daughter of Alexios IV of Trebizond. Heydar, son of Joneyd, married Katherina who was a daughter of Uzun Hassan by his wife Theodora, daughter of a Bagrationi Georgian princess and John IV of Trebizond.

Firooz Shah Zarrin Kolah

Avaad

Qotb al-Din Mohammad

Salah al-Din Rashid

Qotb al-Din Abu Bakr

Basil of Trebizond

Irene of Trebizond

Zahediyya Sheikh Taj Al-Dīn Zahed Gilanī

Amin al-Din Jebrail

Alexios III of Trebizond

Theodora Kantakouzene

Bibi Fatima

Safaviyya Sheikh Safī Al-Dīn Abolfath Is'hāq Ardabilī 1252–1334

Constantine I of Georgia 1369–1412

Manuel III of Trebizond 1364–1417

Safaviyya Sheikh Sadr al-Dīn Mūsā

Alexander I of Georgia 1386–1446

Alexios IV of Trebizond 1382–1429

Qara Yuluk Osman

Safaviyya Sheikh Khoja Alā ad-Dīn Ali

Princess Bagrationi 1415–1438

John IV of Trebizond 1403–1459

Ali Beyg

Safaviyya Sheikh Ibrahim Shāh

Alexios 1455–1463

Theodora

Uzun Hassan 1423–1478

Khadijeh Khatoon

Safaviyya Sheikh Junāyd

Alam-Shah Begum (Halima)

Sheikh Haydar Safavi Sultan

Sultan Ali Safawi Reigned: 1488–1494

Shah Ismail I July 17 1487 – May 23 1524 R. 1502–1524

Ibrahim Safawi

Shah Tahmasp I 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576 R. 1524–1576

Mohammed Khodabanda 1532–1595 R. 1577–1587

Ismail II 1537–1577 R. 1576–1577

Abbas I January 27 1571 – January 19 1629 R. 1587–1629

Safi Mirza born. 1587 killed 1615 Crown Prince 1587–1615

Imam Quli Mirza Crown Prince 1627 Killed 1627

Shah Safi I 1611 – 12 May 1642 R. 1629–1642

Abbas II 31 december 1632 – 25 October 1666 R. 1642–1666

Suleiman I of Persia (Shah Safi II) 1659 – July 29 1694 R. 1666–1694

Sultan Husayn 1669 – April 25 1726 R. 1694–1722

Shahbanu Begum

Maryam Begum Safavi

Tahmasp II 1704–1740 R. 1729–1732

Khan Ahga Begum

Suleiman II of Persia 1714–1763 R. 1749–1750

Ismail III 1733 – 1773 R. 1750–1751, 1751-1773

Abbas III 1731–1740 R. 1732–1736

Sources

• Amanat, Abbas (2017). Iran: A Modern History. Yale University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0300231465.

See also

• Safavid dynasty
• Byzantine Emperors family tree
• List of mothers of the Safavid shahs